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Re:The Dizzying Grandeur of 21st Century Agriculture by ciconia on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:11AM (#12650389)
> They only spend a small part of their life there. And they're cows, so they're not used for meat.

Yeah right, being separated from your mom at birth, enslaved from your first day, raped and made pregnant once a year is not such a bad deal. At least you're not dead...

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Re:The Dizzying Grandeur of 21st Century Agriculture by toomanybeersies on Thursday October 06, 2016 @07:40AM (#12651608)
Given that cows cannot give consent, you can hardly call it rape any more than natural insemination from a bull is rape.
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